the system is down, and you continue to move trains, albeit very slowly. it has had a detrimental effect on the service, and then we put people on the ground. we continue in between other trains to try to locate the supplies and identify and make a repair, -- locate the splice and identify and make a repair, and when we find it, we go back to automatic. there is a device that is attached to the underside of the trucks of the car. its purpose is to hold and then dump sand if there is an emergency brake of situation. since this has been around, there has been a number of issues with them, and this is the fourth. we are working with the vehicle engineering people. they have identified, they believe, a couple of months ago the best retrofit. it is now in all of the 130 or so cars that are here on the property. we have had three incidents in the last nine days. i would like a little more time to be able to say that we have got the problem -- and that this is the right fix before us, so we will continue to work with vehicle engineering on this. it has been very,

, we have two water supply systems the cedar system and toll system that supplies one third and we own the entire head waters on 90 thousand acres and we control that and it's secure so it allows us to not filter that supply and the toll system we own 15000 acres around. so we control a majority of our system which gives us a little flexibility in the way we design and manage our system and allows experiments that we could not do in other areas. again, 90 thousand acres, most of our reservoir gets a hundred thousand precipitation dependent water supply. we don't have multi-year storage so we depend on that's a rain. for us, there's a number of adaptive strategies we've been trying to figure out to invest in to deal with consequences of climate change. one of the first is to try and figure out how to get rid of as much uncertainty as we can. we know we can't get rid of the uncertainty of why mate change but were there other things that we can start minimizing now so future water managers are not going to deal with those as an uncertainty in their portfolio. what does that inc

we can get that into the system. e other thing i would like to give a plug for that is going to have an impact is that the investment that we made with our funds in the management side of the technology -- funds in the line management side of the technology -- and these are some of the other things we are going to be moving on as some of the key structures that have also contributed to a couple of delays. justice to the, we had a discussion about moving elements of the church project, particularly the switches, and moving up forward, which i think of with indifference to the system. >> thank you for updating us on the day today. >> i have one quick question, mr. harrison. you mentioned we have completed the most recent retrofit in mid- october. he said we have had other failures in the last nine days. where these cars that had not been retrofitted? >> i have all been retrofitted. -- they had all been retrofitted. we are looking at that. we need to know if the fix in these places -- was if the device itself, or was the

the wider systemic factors. i think failure to investigate is a good example of that. why we had this failure to investigate results not from individual lawyers so much as the inability of individual lawyers to do that job because they don't have the resource. over 2/3 of the judges that we interviewed admitted that they had a problem in their county investigating indigent cases because they didn't have the resources. all of the public defenders that we interviewed and sent questionnaires to that we surveyed all of them reported they had not have enough adequate investigators on their staff and in fact, a number of these crabblingt defenders don't have any -- contract defenders don't have any staff investigatedors at all. the national standard promulgated by goals states there should be one investigator for every three attorneys. we found that most offices in this state don't comply with that. they don't meets that requirement. some had as many as nine attorneys to one investigator. that problem is coming pounded

the system is down, and you continue to move trains, albeit very slowly. it has had a detrimental effect on the service, and then we put people on the ground. we continue in between other trains to try to locate the supplies and identify and make a repair, -- locate the splice and identify and make a repair, and when we find it, we go back to automatic. there is a device that is attached to the underside of the trucks of the car. its purpose is to hold and then dump sand if there is an emergency brake of situation. since this has been around, there has been a number of issues with them, and this is the fourth. we are working with the vehicle engineering people. they have identified, they believe, a coupl

caller: my question is with the nextran system. tually a pilot and i think the next gen system is great. when are you going to have the weather aspect and the traffic activated with the system? or will that just go along of the same time. -- at the same time. another question is, with the smaller airports, it seems that there is pressure to close them or reduce them, like in venice, fla., where they are trying to shut it down. what is the faa trying to do to prevent that? guest: first, in talking about the deployment of the next gen, but we are looking at a time table that goes through -- from now through 2025 and beyond. we were looking at a whole list of recommendations working with the faa that identified a number of near-term improvements that can be made to the system between now and 2018. we have been working hard to try to -- is a balance of technologies across the whole system. earlier, i talked about the automatic independent surveillance system. our goal is to have that deployed by 2013. that will provide greater coverage

this little diagram shows you how the system would work. on a dry day, most of the sewage would be coming down the pipe, it would be flowing into the big transport structures that exist around the city, probably flowing right at the bottom of these very large structures. they are on the order of dozens of feet wide and dozens and dozens of feet deep and they have little sloped bottoms and q nets at the bottom where most of the dry weather sewage flows all the time. that waste water is transported to the treatment plant. on a rainy day, those transport storage structures, the large structure represented in the center of the picture, start to fill and they fill dramatically. it always amazes me to watch a flow gauge or a level gauge on one of these structures. just to give you an idea of their size, if any of you are familiar with the great highway out by ocean beach, there's one of these structures that runs under the great highway that's about two miles long, about 40 feet wide and about 40 or 50 feet deep and it can hold 50 million gallons

we want to utilize all the systems we have put into place. the other big thing, we wanted to make sure -- we got a program manager from the city. we are responsible for the direction of the programs. we produced a matrix organization, and what is a matrix organization? it is a functional based organization that is based on functional responsibility like mechanical, and electrical, civil, and construction management. when the project is identified, the project manager goes to the functions to get resources to deliver the project. when the project is over, the resources go back to the bureau to be redeployed. that way, we have the flexibility to work on large projects and small projects. that is why we do capital planning to make sure that we have enough resources so that we don't have to lay off during times when we don't have a lot of work. the other thing is that we wanted an organization where we could integrate consultants. we are able to accomplish that. a lot of consultants are for three types of purposes. one is for specialized work. the

there was no evidence of any gas leaks in the system. supervisor chiu: supervisor maxwell asked the question about shutoff valves. at this time, are you looking at replacing some of your manual shut off valves with automatic ones? >> week issued a report with this cpc -- we issued a report with the cpuc to see whether or not we should have automatic or remote wells. we will be looking at those to determine if we need to do something differently. we will continue to work with the cpuc on that issue. supervisor chiu: what is the cost? >> we are not quite clear yet, but it could be anywhere between $100,000 to $1 million, depending on what needs to be done. is their power, telecommunications nearby. is there a location in the street where we can place the actuator? it demands -- it depends on about itself and where it is going to. supervisor chiu: assuming this is approved by the cpuc, is that part of the cost of repairs? >> it is hard to determine how many ballots the repair would be, the repair structure for that. supervisor chiu: mr. lee

>> it is a large project, essentially replacing all the radio systems within the fleet. we are currently operating under a 1970's-based system. that said, the base effort of that program is fully funded and there are some out-year options that our options in the contract that are listed as whether or not -- sort of enhancements -- to the system. if the agency would like to move forward and assign those options to the program. $10 million was assigned to this option effort. because of the deferment of these options, it will not have an effect on the overall delivery of river systems. the agency is proposing to move forward to defer some of these lower priority out year options to central subway. commissioner dufty: is this something that is future, down the road? >> it is currently approved under prop k under the radio replacement project. before you is the proposed central financial plan showing the additional capital funding, and demonstrating a fully funded central subway financial plan. as you can see in yellow, under committed, $29.5 million currently assigned under l

the institution of marriage. it is so much a part of our system that if we turned it on its head, first of all, people say the system would collapse, but it is an inherent part of our society and judicial system, so given the system we have worked with, i believe a plea is not inherently coercive. a plea bargain can be a good deal if individual circumstances are looked at, and public defenders talk to their clients. they do investigations. they negotiate with the prosecutor, and if the deal is given for the courts friends 1/5 of the time, i do not think that is necessarily -- accord spends 1/5 of the time, i do not think that is a bad thing, but sometimes people do not have the resources to do the investigation, but there is this courtroom culture, where it is, let's just get this through with fast-food justice, and individual circumstances are not looked at. that is when there is a serious problem. >> 95% of criminal cases in this country result in plea bargains, which means the system itself is ripe for abuse, and part of the problem is if you do not have a competent defense attorney challenging that, because pros

then we would have to look at the distribution system. at that is changed out, we would generally be replacing steel with plastic. supervisor mirkarimi: and the mileage of what those steel pipes might be in san francisco, do we have an approximation? >> i do not have that information. we can certainly generate how many miles of information i find we have across the city, distribution. it is important to note distribution is in every street. so the mileage is very similar to the mileage of the streets in the city. supervisor mirkarimi: the general idea is that plastic pipes are less exposed to corrosion? >> yes, it is certainly the standard going forward in terms of what you put in the ground. supervisor mirkarimi: is there any request before the cpuc, any plan pg&e may have to replace the steel pipes in the city with plastic? >> in terms of replacing the distribution system, there is a program overseen by the cpuc. i do not have the specifics in front of me but the information is readily available. it is not necessarily focused on steel. s

the that needs to be covered. a lot of people will not use this system. i think you are doing something silly, the fed's will catch you on it. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> howard wong, a lifelong resident of north beach. the central subway funding, even if you build the system, will reduce 7000 hours of service buses on the stockton and columbus corridors. that is stated in the eir. so the fta is going to look at that. it was concealed well. but the funding problems that muni has is long-term. december 2009, service cutbacks, six lines discontinued, others shortened. may 2010, 10% service cuts. no funds to restore service. current fiscal year, $24 million midyear fiscal crisis. right now coming up in a few months. state cutbacks and transportation funds, $400 million deficit, plus multi-year budget deficits in the coming years. that is a known. muni will be hammered in the coming years. riders will be affected. meltdown's are continuing often, and why? aging fleet. $2 billion in deferred investment. $660 million in a structural i

our schools -- people have left the system because they have not gone into them. nor do we want people thinking it is because of the special ed kids that i did not get into any school that i want, that was acceptable to me. we want to make every school acceptable. we understand that. but when we say this, we're going to have to say, as you have, eloquently, "this is what we are trying to do. this is the way we should begin to approach this." but we also have to say down the line we are going to try not to be left with empty seats in school so you do not have enough money or people leave the system. this is the idea. at least, from my point of view, you need to tell us when you plan to make those practical decisions. i think better would be to say, "by this time, after we know a, b, c, and d, we are going to make a recommendation," so that people know we are not going to keep on just saying this is what we are trying to do and we are never going to tell you what is good to happen. that is unacceptable, i think, to everyone. commissioner fewer: i just want to apologi

the system. rather than raising class sizes across the board we are talking about using larger classes as a way to reward teachers and get kids with the most productive and effective educators and start to rethink how we are allocating talent. >> if you're a teacher you say this guy will reward me with larger class size you can e-mail wreck -- not a lot of agreement on this panel. let's start some disagreement. rick is saying the bailout and stimulus for schools which is $100 billion plus and the new jobs bill which is the $23 billion was damaging to our school. the number of people listening here are saying this sound like a mean and so be. these are dollars per kid for schools. if we can bailout wall street what bailout our schools? if anyone makes the case that we should be talking about another bailout because our schools, we need it right now. >> i would say certainly in some cases the money is going to be helpful but there are a lot of things that we are doing or not doing in our school that

then you take the system size in cec, california energy commission a.c. watts. that term is understood by the people in the industry. that means they use the c.e.c. ratings to determine the a.c. wattage. you get the per watt price. you divide this by this. you get the price per a.c. watt. you want to ask about permit fees as well. each city typically will charge fees. now those fees are coming down and we're working very hard to get them standardized and clear. there is some cost. sometimes the installers will pass that on to you. ask how they're dealing with it. you say, ok, what's my watt. let's see it was four d.c. but you'll have 18% less here, so that's the number you want, you divide this by that and you get that. so this would be 926 a watt. therefore, you can compare apples to apples. they have a standard calculator that they use on the web and they include that printout on your bid and they have to file that printout in your rebate application. so there is another possibility of lowering costs, the group buy. when i went, in i went in with a bunch of fri

as we have seen, the computer system, trolly failures, the delays are mounting. within the next month, within the next year, the munis system and writers will lose surface increasingly. the logic that you have in eight years, we will have a system that will benefit the city immensely. even if that were true, which it is not, in the near term riders will have no solution to their failing service. rising fares. service cutbacks. the design of the system, if one were to look at it seriously -- and we have a lot of technical information -- the design does not make sense. it disconnects the system from the market street corridor. it does not connect to the station. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. next speaker. >> yes, good morning, supervisors. i am a member of savemuni.com. our white paper was given out at a press conference last week. at that press conference a rather radical idea was brought up. which was that the federal money, if it does not come through, there could be a request to allocate it to one of the other projects. he did no

advisers to the system. and how it will help us to an evaluate the effectiveness of reaching the goals of the new student assignment system. it lists a lot of questions. i like the format of lot. -- a lot. we want all members of the board to read that and consult with staff. the second item was the transportation policy, the committee actually recommended to the board a substitute motion which is the changes to the transportation policy from what was first introduced and when it will come to us in september. i want to say that last night, we discussed because of the holidays, we can't have the december meeting on the day that we usually have it, but we asked the staff when we should have it. today, i received a message saying that they would like to have one particularly for the purpose of further reporting on the specifics of the development of the transportation proposal for next year. and the three year phase-in we are proposing. we have not settled on the date yet, it will be either december 6, 7, or the

regime and things against industry in the current system with the possible due to the existence of the system of long term contracts but if anybody in the europe is the means to destroy the existing system of ways those example of the oil industry when the so insists that a system of big corporations have been replaced by a good spot market. in the situation will change because if it will be no obligation on the side of the consumers then that way degraded will be no obligation for most but i'm rather sure that nobody in the sound sense of the mind will try to go with this we're ok so it wasn't. it wasn't a yes but it wasn't and never yeah so it's well maybe maybe not even. for full cooperation of the system in which we will even government. really benefit we don't need given the car to begin with because i was sharon's against it was is very substantial and actually we are not new for the liberal west markets and escrow was a pioneer might get to be but it is a shot in germany of one in one thousand said he would have created a joint venture between gus was part of the sort of. be a s

now we have almost 300 large belts in the water system -- larvge valves in the water system. these are the installation dates. some date back to the spring valley water company. many date to the original hetchy construction in the 30's. they are part of our whole shutdown plan. some of them will be replaced in wsip. some do not need to be replaced for a while. others will be replaced in following years and will show up in the 10-year cip. this is a graphic it may be a little bit difficult to see. it does illustrate one of our more important preventative maintenance programs. this deals with valve exercising, the opening and closing of valves. it is a cost effective maintenance program that greatly expands the life of valves in the water system. no one wants to pay for one price by having it prematurely fail. this graph shows are cumulative goal for achieving this maintenance of activity. we are under that map, which is shown in blue. these are all in quarters. we are not able to devote as much activity as we would like because we are busy with julie's construction program righ

of the system of long term contracts but if anybody in the europe is the means to destroy the existing system wastrels example of the oil industry when the seven system of systems of big corporations have been replaced by a good spot market. then the situation will change because if it will be normal again surely on the side those are going to humans then to make it clear it will be no obligation for most but i'm rather sure that nobody in the sound sense of of the mind will try to move this world ok so it wasn't. it wasn't a yes but it wasn't and never yeah so it's well maybe maybe not. for for creation of the system in which we will even government. we benefit we don't need even a car to begin with because i was sharing the gossip places very substantial and surely we are not new for the liberal west markets and that's part of what is a pioneer might get to be better is ation in germany of one in one thousand city would have created a joint venture between gus was part of the sort of. be a serf i believe and nobody you made us a gift nobody told us they can market share we heavily in